FOCUS Finding Out Causes and Understanding Significance

FOCUS is a programme of research, designed to further analyse data from CS2000, with the aim of answering a specific set of questions. Where necessary, data from other sources will also be used. A further aim of FOCUS is to recommend improvements to survey protocols.

The FOCUS work is being undertaken by the Centre for Ecology and Hydrology.

 

Objectives Funding consortium FOCUS tasks Contact Links

Objectives

• to undertake further critical analysis of the data arising from CS2000 to answer a series of specific questions concerning interpretation and understanding of the results in terms of ecological processes and land management effects;

• to acquire and use other contextual data to assist in the analysis, interpretation and assessment;

• to recommend improvements to survey protocols;

• to establish and consult a steering group and organise workshops as necessary to ensure that user requirements are defined, clearly understood and addressed;

• to publish the results in technical reports and concise non-technical summaries and to present the results at a seminar; and

• to maintain the CS2000 website following completion of the current Module 16 and to facilitate internet publication of the results of ongoing CS2000 projects.

Funding consortium

The following organisations are funding the FOCUS work:

• Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
• Joint Nature Conservation Committee
• English Nature
• Scottish Natural Heritage
• Countryside Council for Wales
• Forestry Commission

FOCUS tasks

The FOCUS programme is organised into a number of tasks, of which the primary task is answering specific questions (Task 1). Follow the link for more information about the questions to be addressed.

• Task 1: Answering specific questions

• Task 2: Recommending improvements to survey protocols

• Task 3: Maintaining the CS2000 Website after Module 16

Contact

FOCUS is managed by Colin Barr, CEH, to whom all enquiries about the work programme should be addressed: 

Colin Barr
CEH Merlewood
Windermere Road
Grange-over-Sands
Cumbria LA11 6JU

E-mail: cjb@ceh.ac.uk

Links

Centre for Ecology and Hydrology
Land Use Section, CEH Merlewood
CEH Monks Wood
CEH Dorset
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Joint Nature Conservation Committee
English Nature
Scottish Natural Heritage
Countryside Council for Wales
Forestry Commission